• Sodium or calcium hypochlorite: Highly corrosive irritates or burns skin, eyes or respiratory tract.
• Linear alkyl ate sulfonate: Absorbed through the skin. Known liver damaging agent.
• Sodium Tripolyphosphate: Irritates skin and mucous membranes, causes vomiting. Easily absorbed through the skin from clothes.

Chemicals contained are:

• Sodium hypochlorite: Corrosive, irritates or burns skin and eyes, causes fluid in the lungs which can lead to coma or death.
• Formaldehyde: Highly toxic, known carcinogen. Irritant to eyes, nose, throat, and skin. May cause nausea, headaches, nosebleeds, dizziness, memory loss and shortness of breath.

Perfluorooctanoic acid, PFOA, sometimes called C-8 , is a major chemical used to process and produce Teflon® (polytetrafluoroethylene, or PTFE). PFOA has now been reported to be in nearly everyone's blood, but just how it got there remains a mystery, according to Jennifer Seed, PhD, EPA chief of pollution prevention and toxics in the risk assessment division of the Existing Chemicals Assessment Branch. "PFOA is present in most people's blood in this country and beyond; it's even in wildlife," Seed said, "We have absolutely no understanding at this point how it got there. It is like fairy dust.“

The Science Advisory Board from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has determined, PFOA to be a cancer-causing agent in humans.

The ‘Teflon Flu’, is another more immediate health problem from Teflon, according to the Environmental Working Group. Cooking with Teflon can make a person sick with a temporary flu, if a non-stick pan gets overheated.

"It feels like the flu," "headaches, chills, backache, temperature between 100 and 104 degrees."

• Sodium Hydroxide (Lye): Caustic, strong irritant, burns to both skin and eyes. Inhibits reflexes, will cause severe tissue damage if swallowed.

Contains:

• Formaldehyde Irritation of eyes, nose, throat, respiratory system; lacrimation (discharge of tears); cough; wheezing; [potential occupational carcinogen])
• methylene bisphenyl isocyanate Irritation of eyes, skin, respiratory system; skin, respiratory sensitization; chest tightness, dyspnea (breathing difficulty), cough, dry throat, wheezing, pulmonary edema; skin blisters)
• Pentachlorophenol (Symptoms Irritation eyes, nose, throat; sneezing, cough; lassitude (weakness, exhaustion), anorexia, weight loss; sweating; headache, dizziness; nausea, vomiting; dyspnea (breathing difficulty), chest pain; high fever; dermatitis)
• Toluene-2 Irritation of eyes, nose; lassitude (weakness, exhaustion), confusion, euphoria, dizziness, headache; dilated pupils, lacrimation (discharge of tears); anxiety, muscle fatigue, insomnia; paresthesia; dermatitis; liver, kidney damage.

Most pesticides have ingredients that affect the nervous system of insects. Imagine what these extremely poisonous chemicals do to your body or your family.

• Dimpylate: Better known as Diazinon, extremely toxic, impairs the central nervous system.
• Chlorinate Hydrocarbons: Suspected carcinogen and mutagen. Accumulates in food and in fatty tissue. Will attack the nervous system.
• Organophosphates: Toxic and poisonous. If you can smell it, your lungs are absorbing it. Even the ones you can’t smell, still have health risk.

Contains:

PETROLEUM DISTILLATES, and XYLENE known for the following symptoms: eyes Irritation, skin, nose, throat; dizziness, excitement, drowsiness, in coordination, staggering gait; corneal vacuolization; anorexia, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain; dermatitis.

May contain:

• Hydrochloric acid: Highly corrosive, irritant to both skin and eyes. Damages kidneys and liver.
• Hypochlorite Bleach: Corrosive irritates or burns eyes, skin and respiratory tract. May cause pulmonary edema, vomiting or coma if ingested. Contact with other chemicals may cause chlorine fumes, which may be fatal.

Now, lets imagine a chemical cocktail, diffused, containing any of the above chemicals or other chemicals we, or others used or bring inside the home or work place. It becomes very clear why, many of us have; asthma, allergies, insomnia, headaches, anxiety, fatigue, flu like symptoms, dermatitis, dizziness, cancer, and the list goes on. Many of us are taking medications with many risks, just to “put-up” with our environments.

An A-CAM Practitioner is aware of the role chemicals play on our illnesses and are able to suggest changes that have alleviated and in many cases eliminated, symptoms of in-door-air living, or sick-building syndrome.